A Mi Matria

Directed by Rafael Flores
DOCUMENTARY

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Synopsis

An experimental documentary about a Chicano filmmaker escorting his Mexican grandmother from Tijuana to Orange County California; the place she was intimated into leaving 85 years ago during the U.S. sponsored “Repatriation Movement”. Through this emotional journey the grandson learns about his grandmother’s struggle to validate the memories of a history that is being erased, and that his homeland is not Mexico – it’s California.

Feat. Rigoberto Gonzalez and Juan Felipe Herrera, U.S.A. Poet Laureate.

Director Biography – Rafael Flores

Rafael Flores is Phi Beta Kappa Scholar and lecturer at San Francisco State University who specializes in Directing, Social Justice Film Production, Chicano Cinema, and Third Cinema. Flores is the Arts Director for non-profit United Roots, and the Co-Founder of production company Green Eyed Media, organizations both based in Oakland, CA. His work has been praised by various institutions that include: The White House, The Grammy Foundation, TED-X lecture series, the Cannes International Film Festival, the Writer’s Guild Theater of America, the London Guardian, and the Chicano International Film Festival.

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